LOWELL, James Russell

Three Memorial Poems

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-decorated green cloth (5" x 7"), text edges stained red; 92 pages. BAL 13154. The three poems are "Ode Read at Concord, April 19th, 1875," "Under the Old Elm," and "An Ode for the Fourth of July, 1876. Fine, bright copy .

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Book number: 021058

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: James R. Lowell, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Poetry 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Literature: American Poetry

FULLER, Margaret and EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (editors). THOREAU, Henry David

The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion, Volume II: July 1841, October 1841, January 1842, & April 1842

Boston & London, E. P. Peabody/John Green, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Recently and handsomely bound, without wrappers, in half green morocco leather and marbled boards with morocco corners and gilt-lettered red and brown morocco spine labels. A prototype of the 20th-century little magazine, the DIAL was the most important American literary periodical of the 19th century and one of the scarcest with print runs never exceeding 300 copies. First edited by Margaret Fuller (1840-42) and then by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842-44), it not only featured many of their most important works but also introduced the writings of Henry David Thoreau. Published only from July 1840 to April 1844, Volume II's four issues contain two poems by Thoreau, including his important "Friendship," later collected in his first book, as well as contributions by Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and much by Emerson including his defining piece "Transcendentalism." Page 421 has an early ink correction, possibly in the hand of the editor. Errata slip bound in before the last issue. Contents with light to moderate foxing; several ink and blindstamp library stamps. Binding Fine .

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Book number: 015674

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Walter S. Landor, James R. Lowell, American Periodical, Literary Magazines, Environmental LIterature Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson Margaret Fuller Transcendentalism

MELVILLE, Herman

John Marr and Other Poems

Princeton , Princeton University Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Introduction by Henry Chapin. BAL 13725. One of 1,675 copies of a total edition of 1,850. Many of the poems concern the Civil War, as does the short prose piece. A few small ink check marks by titles in table of contents. Near Fine .

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Book number: 015396

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century Literature, Herman Melville, 19th Century American Literature Limited 19th Century Literature Poetry Civil War

MELVILLE, Herman

Mardi: And a Voyage Thither

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1849. First American Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in publisher's brown cloth; eight pages of terminal ads in the second volume. BAL 13658. Melville's third book, issued about a month after the three-volume London edition, and his first major full-length fiction, a novel based on his whaling voyage experiences in the South Seas. MOBY DICK would be published two years later. Early small book label of S. S. Boyd on the front pastedown of each volume. Text quite clean with only light, even foxing. Cloth fresh with gilt bright on the spines. The first volume has some loss to the head and heel of the spine with a portion toward the bottom reattached; the second volume has some loss of cloth to the front joint. Very Good set .

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Book number: 015394

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Nautical Fiction, Herman Melville, Polynesia, South Seas, First Book 19th Century American Literature First Book Nautical Fiction Literature: American

MELVILLE, Herman

Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life

London, John Murray, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary half calf leather with matching corners and marbled boards and endpapers, gilt-ruled spine with two matching gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels; xviii, 285 pages, no terminal ads with the half-title page present. BAL 13652: First Issue of page 19. Illustrated with a map at page xviii with an additional copy of the map on old paper tipped in before the title page. First printing of Melville's first book, issued in an edition of 4,048 copies and preceding the American edition, titled TYPEE, of the same year. Largely based upon the author's experience living in the Marquesas after he deserted from the whaler Acushnet in 1842. Text very clean, free from foxing; rubbing and light edgewear to the binding. Very Good to Near Fine Other than MOBY DICK, the most widely read of Melville's novels.

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Book number: 015391

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Herman Melville, Polynesia, 19th Century American Literature, First Book, Travel, South Seas, 19th Century Literature 19th Century American Literature First Book Literature: American South Seas

(MELVILLE, Herman)

The Town-Ho's Story" from Moby Dick in Harper's Monthly. Volume III: June - November 1851

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Half brown morocco leather with matching corners, marbled boards, and two gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine labels; 864 pages. Illustrated with engravings. The first publication of any part of MOBY DICK. The eight-page excerpt is noted as being "From 'THE WHALE.' The title of a new work by Mr. Melville, in the press of Harper and Brothers, and now publishing in London by Mr. Bentley. Discoloration to the endpapers from the glue used in binding, contents very clean; covers tight and firm. Near Fine .

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Book number: 017544

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, Herman Melville, Literary Periodicals, Moby Dick, Nautical Fiction 19th Century Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature

GREENWOOD, Rev. F. W. P. and EMERSON, G. B

The Classical Reader; a Selection of Lessons in Prose and Verse. From the Most Esteemed English and American Writers. Intended for the Use of the Higher Classes in Public and Private Seminaries

Boston, Lincoln, Edmands & Co. 1833. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in contemporary sheep leather with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label, 408 pages. Frontispiece illustration of George Washington taking leave of his comrades. The contributions are mostly from English authors but included are examples by Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others. Early owner name and inscription dated 1837 on front blank. Library discard stamp on bulked text edges and front endpaper; frontispiece with some staining but text generally clean; binding solid. Very Good .

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Book number: 019491

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Education, Americana 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Education Americana

GREENWOOD, Rev. F. W. P. and EMERSON, G. B

Klondike. The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers

Boston, Desmond Publishing Company, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo in publisher's decorated cloth; 555, [5] pages. A detailed guide for gold seekers in the Yukon describing how to get there and what to do once you are there. Profusely illustrated. Text fairly clean; ink stamp "Property Wild Goose Club, Not to be removed from premises" on front endpaper and first page of text. Covers quite rubbed, lettering on the spine completely gone. Still about Very Good .

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Book number: 019498

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Gold Rush, Americana, Alaska, Western Americana, Canada Alaska Gold Rush Western Americana Americana

PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)

Knitting-Work: A Web of Many Textures, Wrought by Ruth Partington

Boston, Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Owner inscription dated September 25, two days after the Library of Congress copy was deposited. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt Polly in TOM SAWYER. Minor wear, small loss of cloth on rear cover. Very Good copy .

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Book number: 003279

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, Humor, 19th Century Literature, Mark Twain Humor Literature: American Mark Twain 19th Century Literature

PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)

Knitting-Work: A Web of Many Textures, Wrought by Ruth Partington

Boston, Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt Polly in TOM SAWYER. Bookplate of Lt. Col. Walter Merriam Pratt on the front pastedown. Minor wear to spine tips, rear cover with bruise in a horizontal strip. Still Near Fine .

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Book number: 003743

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, Humor, 19th Century Literature, Mark Twain Literature: American 19th Century Literature Mark Twain Humor

(POE, Edgar Allan)

Graham's Magazine. Vol. XIX: June 1841 - December 1841

Philadelphia, George R. Graham, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners. Illustrated with steel engravings and 6 color plates. First appearance in print of several Poe works: “A Few Words on Secret Writing” (not in the index); “A Chapter on Autography”; “The Colloquy of Monos and Una”; “Never Bet Your Head”; and 2 poems: “To Helen” and “Israfel,” as well as several book reviews. Also two articles about Angling. Mostly light, scattered foxing. Rubbing to spine edges and corners; front cover just a little loose. Very Good .

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Book number: 021035

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Edgar Allan Poe, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Horror, Illustrated Books, Movie Fiction, Angling, Fishing 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Horror Literature: American

(POE, Edgar Allan)

Graham's Magazine. Vol. XXIII: June 1843-January 1844

Philadelphia, George R. Graham, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners and a gilt-lettered red morocco label with the owner's name on the front cover. Illustrated with 20 steel engravings, 4 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations include fashion plates as well as a portrait of William Cullen Bryant and a New York City view. First appearance in print of several minor pieces by Poe including "Our Amateur Poets," as well as contributions by James Fenimore Cooper, Miss Elizabeth B. Barrett, and William Cullen Bryant. With an article on Cuba by Epes Sargent. Mostly light, sporadic foxing; moderate rubbing to covers. Very Good .

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Book number: 021036

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Edgar Allan Poe, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Horror, Illustrated Books, William Cullen Bryant, Cuba, James Fenimore Cooper, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Horror Literat

(POE, Edgar Allan)

Graham's Magazine. Vol. XXII: January 1843-June 1843

Philadelphia, George R. Graham, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Black morocco-backed marbled boards with matching leather corners and a gilt-lettered red morocco label with the owner's name on the front cover. Illustrated with 19 steel engravings, 2 of which are hand-colored. Illustrations include fashion plates as well as a portrait of Longfellow and a view from West Point. First appearance in print of Poe's poem "The Conqueror Worm" and his article "Our Amateur Poets," as well as James Fenimore Cooper's "Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief" and contributions by William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his poem "The Belfry of Bruges. Mostly light, sporadic foxing; moderate rubbing to covers. Very Good .

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Book number: 021055

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Edgar Allan Poe, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Horror, Illustrated Books, William Cullen Bryant, Cuba, James Fenimore Cooper, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Horror Literat

(POE, Edgar Allan)

The Mask of the Red Death," "Life in Death," and Four Other Pieces in Graham's Magazine. Vols. XX & XXI: Jan. 1842-Dec. 1842

Philadelphia, George R. Graham, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's gilt-lettered brown morocco leather and boards with matching leather corners. Illustrated with numerous steel engravings and 7 color plates (5 fashion plates). First appearance in print of these six Poe works: “The Mask of The Red Death”; “Life in Death”; “An Appendix of Autographs”; “A Few Words About Brainard”; “To One Departed”; and “The Poetry of Rufus Dawes.” Also with contributions by Charles Dickens, James Fennimore Cooper, Henry Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and others. Moderately foxed throughout, as usually the case; wear with some loss to boards and light wear to joints but binding firm. Very Good .

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Book number: 021023

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: Edgar Allan Poe, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Horror, Illustrated Books 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Horror Literature: American

(POE, Edgar Allan)

The Philosophy of Composition" and "Marginalia" in Graham's Magazine. Vol. XXVIII: January 1846-June 1846

Philadelphia, George R. Graham & Co. 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's black morocco-backed embossed cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Two pieces by Poe, also with contributions by Ann S. Stephens and James Russell Lowell, as well as a review of Melville's first book. Illustrated with 10 engravings. Foxing and staining; binding with only light wear. Very Good .

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Book number: 021076

Catalogue: 19th Century American Literature

Keywords: 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Horror, Edgar Allan Poe 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Literature Horror Literature: American